President Bola Tinubu has urged West African leaders to draw inspiration from Ghana’s recent peaceful elections as a model of democratic maturity and commitment to national unity. At the opening of the 66th Ordinary Session of ECOWAS on Sunday in Abuja, President Tinubu lauded President Nana Akufo-Addo and the people of Ghana for the resounding success of their recent presidential …

Ghana counted ballots on Saturday after a tight election with the ruling party’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia trying to shake off anger over economic woes and rebuff a challenge by opposition party candidate ex-president John Mahama. Ghana’s struggling economy dominated the election, after the west Africa gold and cacao producer went through a debt default, high inflation and negotiations for …

Ahead of Ghana’s December 2024 general elections, elder statesman and former chairman of the Citizens’ Vetting Committee (CVC), Major Kwabena Adutu (rtd.) has advised Ghanaians, especially the current crop of leaders, not to allow corruption derail the country’s hard-won democratic achievements. Adutu was CVC chairman under the erstwhile Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), as the Ghanaian military regime was known …